English

Etymology
From Latin, from Greek epithèton, an adjective often used as a noun, from neut. of epithètos "attributed, added," from epitithènai "to add on," from epi- "in addition" + tithènai "to put" (from Proto-Indo-European root dhe- "to put, to do")

Noun
en-noun

1. A term used to characterize a person or thing.

#* the Terrible in Ivan the Terrible

1. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.

#* The Young Pretender for Charles Edward Stuart

1. An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
2. biology A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals an epithet does not occur.

#* in Cannabis sativa the word sativa is a specific epithet.
#* in Festuca ovina subsp. guestphalica the word guestphalica is an infraspecific epithet.

Translations
trans-top|term used to characterize a person or thing
Dutch: t|nl|toenaam m, epitheton#Dutch|epitheton n
French: t+|fr|épithète|f
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trans-top|term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person
Dutch: epitheton#Dutch|epitheton n
French: t+|fr|épithète|f
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trans-top|abusive or contemptuous word or phrase
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trans-top|word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species
Dutch: epitheton#Dutch|epitheton n
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ttbc|Latvian: epitets m
ttbc|German: Beiwort n, Epitheton n (1)
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ttbc|Polish: epitet m (1,3)
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See also
cognomen

fr:epithet
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• 2007-11-19 07:01 - Tbot - added t for fr

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